New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-23
CRIzICISING THE VOLUNTEER.
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF THE RIVAL YACHTS.
BURGESS CALLED Az AMATEUR WHO DOESN'T


BURGESS CALLED AN AMATEUR WHO DOESN'T
KNOW HOW 10 USE BEAM.
II not always pleasant it IL generally profitable, 10
see others us The las; number OF tn,
London Field the great English sporting paper contains
Englshmans view Of the comparative merits OF tue
volunteer and Thistle which is and Interesting
II is furnished by the NewYork correspondent of The
Field From the Englishmans point of view all OF Bur-
CESS big soops notwithstanding their success, are ex
ceedingIy faulty in design and Burgess only anna
teur designer But 1t is satisfactory 10 find that the
Thistle is regarded hrstcass representative OF the
best moi nts that can be combined in keel boat This is
the way the Engshman regards the rival boats
In her appearance the water volunteer Is re-
marsably like Thistle she has the same sheer and project
ing bow and the same oVeFIsns o. cT"ns dec Ie @
that does not show in side view dtes ne Jar
her entrance line three or four feet aoa the centre OF
comes IN WITH RAPID t tn1 ia dnacS faie 40 lar
ms poT9n o' ne The designer Mr. Burgess is re-
ported to have that the builders did not follow hs
f5o Of Vonteer the defects IN water form
are Io o. Of hs oa ng the Of the
deck the ruder hoad must initiate against tue RAPID
handling the sheet ami 10 certainly very ugly 10
there are radical differences form between tho
two yachts Thistle and Volunteer which DO not present
70 oo any S2a beam an the Th. nut
his only at o Sat lsa oe from mot 'e y yet the Lne
~ OF her extreme bean to any hing IKE e same es a
nite gTs SO as to get the greatest
vantage whatever breadth OF beam no la. TO deal with
The Burgess tho contrary arc all objective IN TINS
particular lines are carried so far ait That
are rapid and ungracea and they not attain the u 6ene
1T Them to under ws designed fore and
AFT deck line Tor these reasons am inclined 10 tninN 1t
Thistle than Burgess has got with his
20 r m cGnnsG 2 S 5o.ns ora do VI thu Water
Burgess lays great stress or long moe ana he has
tho that feature RIO runs OF an ms boats are
ike speed which atianable wthn TIER gaer
TO 1913 tons OF dlspace ent But tac p3int WIS.
speed that could b. attained bya really welesgned boat OF
ahalf of water with 900 yards of her would
beat any OF them ont OF sight IN smooth water. volunteer
fourteen and a feet but then haS her ssn
m.rea surfees of about % square fe" Tie board
does not really give support or carrying san as me
number OF superficial feet would 90 II placed ~ ke
hand the be hauled when running FREQ aud
% to x ssiSn i' n1 that IS to be
Ge, a Won yfr aye ever sent over boat the
qua ties Of sail CARRYING power WIN go SAILING INES -
few English clubs and although .hey were a, ooa's my
cent more canvas ~ vg ~ halys saveimng Tx" real
being equal J say equal because although Thistle mas
Mayswers % feet inches yet from tho superiority OF her
fore and aft lines Thistle gets really more benent from
agaP,ng thug, np for some time back about Thistle and
four minutes better than Mlyi9wcr over ths
Now IL Volunteer IS really god bit
better than MAyhower as tho Boston people say why
then Thistle will have hard work 10 beat her
The rain aud the squIlly weather prevented much
work being the Thistle yesterday aud kept small
boats at bay throughout the Afternoon The
ScOtchmen were not sorry TO be let alone. whenever
there was let up in the ram many people gathered on
the landing stage look at tho Thistle but their al
mirstion was sufficiently ardent 10 tempt them To
risk a duckins by taking to the boats ana seiths
rowcd around her. aud for once the bOdlIneH
failed find the Thistle remnucrauVe.
The crew OF the Thistle scrapel aul polished
the ga and attached IT to the halars that II VIII be
only the work OF minutes to hoist IT into position
when required Then they -0i the long spn1aser boom
aboard and scrapo1 aud polished II until the ram com.
PEELED them TO stop. The scraping and polishing Will
continue until the Thistle Is without Heck or ndw any
where Then visitors will have To be careful how they
approach her
Richard Ienders1 OF Henderson Brothers the agents
Of the Anchor Line has written To John Bird, the secre
tary tho NewYork Yacht Club, stating that Mr. sell
will Immediately after his arrival about the Sh offep-
tember Issue general invitation 10 members OF tho
Sew-York Yacht Club to come aboard aul view
Thistle TO their hearts content"
The Maynowcr. painted white above the water line,
ana with al her recent damages made COOL LETT the dry
dock al Market-St. yesterday.